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Antonio
Berni
Berni
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
May 2005
May 2005
As a commemoration of the birth of Antonio Berni (1905-1981) we offer a broad panorama of his life and his production. Through a thematic study, a chronology and several reproductions and documentary images, we travel across the work of this remarkable creator, one of the most outstanding artists in Argentina and Latin America.
1951
Sketch
works of the exhibition, where also Castagnino, Policastro and Nelly Dobranich participated.
Around this time Berni began a plentiful series of drawings, water colors and temperas with sights of Buenos Aires’ poorest neighborhoods, such as La Boca, Barracas, Dock Sud, Isla Maciel, etc. These sketches of simple, precarious constructions would make the prelude to numerous paintings devoted to suburban landscapes and shantytowns.
